Problems and Progress for Black Oklahomans

First Legislature was prejudiced concerning race
 
1.  adopted Jim Crow laws disfranchised- to take away the right to vote   
2.  segregation code
required separation of
races
  3.  Marriage between
white and black was forbidden

Guinn v. United States.
1915 (Supreme Court case)

The so-called " Grandfather Clause " of the
amendment to the constitution of Oklahoma of
1910 is void because it violates the Fifteenth
Amendment to the Constitution of the United
States.

Write a summary about what William Floyd
and Roscoe Dunjee attempted to do. p 284

Plight of the Oklahoma's Farmers

1910 average wage was 22 cents per hour

1. most small farmers were tennant farmers and did not own the land. ( hence, they did not make improvements on the land)

2. Some tennant farmers joined the Socialist Party in an effort to get their voice heard.

Election of 1914 (Third gubernatorial election)
Williams became the
third Governor of Oklahoma.

Robert L. Williams won over several candidates
most colorful was Al Jennings a former outlaw and robber.
    1. Governor Williams spent much of his time
                pulling together the state's resources
                and manpower for WW I (1914-1918)
Read p 285 What is a worker's compensation law?
    2.  State highway system was expanded.
    3.  Welfare laws to support widows and orphans
    4.  Maximum hour law for women in industry.
    5.  State Capital Building was completed in 1917. 

   6.  Williams moved all scattered state agencies to OKC.
    7.  WW I manpower, food, fuel drives.
    8.  Spanish influenza attacked
                over 125,000 Oklahomans

Green Corn Rebellion  

( Socialist anti-war protests in Oklahoma)
How did Kate Richards O'Hare help the Socialists? p 286

Photo Credits

Colored Water fountain : Chicora Foundation, Inc.

Jim Crow SIGN employees.oneonta.edu/.../ 145-19/img002.GIF

Socialist of America: www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/ USAsocialistLa1.JPG

Lesson Objectives

Students will learn

OBJECTIVES: Students will be able to:

1. list

2. explain the difference between

3. describe the

4. chart on a map the

5. define the terms

6. Explain the significance of

Knowledge: Recall of data.

Comprehension: Understand the meaning, translation, interpolation, and interpretation of instructions and problems. State a problem in one's own words.

Application:
Use a concept in a new situation or unprompted use of an abstraction. Applies what was learned in the classroom into novel situations in the workplace.

Analysis:
Separates material or concepts into component parts so that its organizational structure may be understood. Distinguishes between facts and inferences. 

Synthesis:
Builds a structure or pattern from diverse elements. Put parts together to form a whole, with emphasis on creating a new meaning or structure.

Evaluation:
Make judgments about the value of ideas or materials.